Surfist Bethany Hamilton He is sharing the terrifying encounter of his son with a dog.
“A couple of weeks ago, my son was a bit for a dog. Not provoked. And Super Aleatory,” Hamilton wrote 35 History of Instagram On Monday, August 4. “The dog was a strap.
As he shared photos of his 6 -year -old’s injuries, Wesley on his arm, Hamilton, who also shares Tobias, 9, Micah, 3 and Alayah, 2 with the husband Adam Dirks – He encouraged pet owners to examine how often their dogs should be.
“If you have dogs, leave them at home,” he said. “In addition, if your dog is aged and moody, let them at home. I wish it was me, but I’m glad it wasn’t worse. I am also glad that I was not my little boy …”
Hamilton said he denounced the dog “for the future security of the local community”.
He also gave what he claims to be a game per game of how the incident was diminished in what he said was an attempt to remind others to be alert.

Bethany Hamilton
Courtesy of Bethany Hamilton / Instagram“(Wesley and I) we were in a small appointment. We had a kombucha and then we entered this store to look at the clothes,” he said. “Then we went out, and we were in cold mode, very slow. Wesley did not feel amazing and this dog was under a table. He was plastered and then he set his standing and he bit Wesley while we passed.”
Since sharing his online story, Hamilton has said that many of his Instagram followers quickly blame the dog’s owner.
According to the host of the “All possible All Things” podcast, which lost his arm in a 2003 shark attack, dog owners certainly owe some responsibility when similar incidents occur.
As a dog lover, Hamilton offered some tips on what pet owners can do to keep everyone safe.
“If you have a dog in public, surely you have it in a strap, you may even put a muzzle if you really want it in public,” he suggested. “I think the normalization of so many dogs in public and everywhere is friendly with dogs is dangerous and the big deal I received in messages was also the number of people who have sympathetic dogs who have their dogs that are attacked by dogs that are not pleasant. It is a big problem.”